Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Pirate Themed Birthday Party - Works For Me Wednesday

I am constantly getting visitors to my blog because they have Googled something about pirate birthday parties, treasure maps or pirate costumes. So I thought this Works For Me Wednesday I would put links to all the pirate posts in one place in case someone else has a little pirate in their home and would like to do a pirate themed party for them as well.

Last year my son Peter went through a huge pirate phase. He had begun playing with Mega Blocks Pyrates sets and was fascinated with anything pirate, so when it was time for Halloween he went as a pirate, of course.

His fifth birthday was in November and I had never done an official birthday party for him. We had always just done something with family but he wanted a party with friends this year. I think I went a little overboard (pun intended) with the pirate theme but everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

My son has been obsessed with pirates for almost 3 years. We went to Panama City, Florida, where we went on a Pirate Boat adventure, he was 2 at the time, and ever since then he has love pirates. Believe it or not he dresses up in his many pirate costume everyday. His last two birthdays have been pirates. He will be 5 on March 11, and I told him this year we are doing something different. You have some great ideas, maybe next year, if he is still in to pirates, we will use some of them.

The whole thing look so cool! My three year old GIRL is the one who is into pirates now. I think it is from the Backyardigans! LOL I will have to hit up the dollar store. The costume she wants is almost $50!

So creative! I have yet to have a pirate party. I have had a princess party though. Remind me to tell you someday about the 'fishing' themed party I threw for my oldest son...the fish I was going to give away to the guests were floating belly up by the time the party ended.